2014 Baku Cup

2014 Baku Cup
Date	21–27 July
Edition	4th
Surface	Hard
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Champions
Singles
Elina Svitolina
Doubles
Alexandra Panova / Heather Watson

The 2014 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fourth edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 21 and 27 July 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	29	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	35	2
SVK	Magdaléna Rybáriková	37	3
JPN	Kurumi Nara	38	4
SRB	Bojana Jovanovski	40	5
AUT	Yvonne Meusburger	42	6
GBR	Heather Watson	57	7
SVK	Jana Čepelová	71	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ksenia Gaydarzhi
• Ons Jabeur
• Nazrin Jafarova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nigina Abduraimova
• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Vesna Dolonc
• Misa Eguchi
• Danka Kovinić
• Olga Savchuk

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Mona Barthel
• Klára Koukalová
• Zhang Shuai

Retirements

• Alison Van Uytvanck (gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	UKR	Olga Savchuk	130	1
SVK	Janette Husárová	POL	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	145	2
ROU	Raluca Olaru	ISR	Shahar Pe'er	191	3
ISR	Julia Glushko	AUT	Sandra Klemenschits	222	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 14, 2014

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Tamari Chalaganidze / Nazrin Šafářová
• Oleksandra Korashvili / Tereza Martincová

Retirements

• Francesca Schiavone (right lower leg injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2014 Baku Cup – Singles

• Elina Svitolina def. Bojana Jovanovski, 6–1, 7–6^(7–2)

Doubles

Main article: 2014 Baku Cup – Doubles

• Alexandra Panova / Heather Watson def. Raluca Olaru / Shahar Pe'er, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)

External links

• Official website